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UPDATED:

– Shelby County v Holder – Section 4 of VRA declared unconstitutional, Roberts writing for majority

– Tomorrow at 10am the remaining decisions from the October 2012 term will be released

– The Moose will liveblog starting at 9am Eastern

Today more decisions on the merit cases argued in the October 2012 term will be announced starting at 10am Eastern.

SCOTUS Blog for liveblog starting at 9:00am Eastern.  

The remaining cases in PDF format: Cases Remaining for October Term 2012 (not updated to reflect the 5 decided yesterday).

Pending cases include:

– Shelby County v. Holder 12-96, heard 02/27/2013, (Voting Rights Act)

– Hollingsworth v. Perry 12-144, heard 03/26/2013 (Prop 8)

– United States v. Windsor 12-307, heard 03/27/2013 (DOMA)

UPDATE:

– Fisher remanded to appeals court by a 7-1 vote.

– No ruling on DOMA, Prop 8

– No ruling on Voting Rights Act

From SCOTUSblog: On Tuesday, June 25, at 10 a.m. ET we expect opinions in argued cases. We will begin the Live Blog at 9 a.m

And so will we!

Today more decisions on the merit cases argued in the October 2012 term will be announced starting at 10am Eastern.

SCOTUS Blog for liveblog starting at 9:00am Eastern.  

The 11 remaining cases in PDF format: Cases Remaining for October Term 2012.

Those cases include:

– Fisher v. University of Texas 11-345, heard 10/10/2012 (Affirmative Action)

– Shelby County v. Holder 12-96, heard 02/27/2013, (Voting Rights Act)

– Hollingsworth v. Perry 12-144, heard 03/26/2013 (Prop 8)

– United States v. Windsor 12-307, heard 03/27/2013 (DOMA)

Today more decisions on the merit cases argued in the October 2012 term will be announced starting at 10am Eastern.

SCOTUS Blog for liveblog starting at approximately 9:00am Eastern.  

The 14 remaining cases in PDF format: Cases Remaining for October Term 2012.

Here is the summary of the cases many of us are watching closely:

Fisher v. University of Texas 11-345 CA5 Oct 10, 2012

Whether this Court’s decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, including Grutter v. Bollinger, permit the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions. (Kagan, J., recused)

Hollingsworth v. Perry 12-144 CA9 Mar 26, 2013

(1) Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman; and (2) whether petitioners have standing under Article III, §2 of the Constitution in this case.

Shelby County v. Holder 12-96 CADC Feb 27, 2013

Whether Congress’ decision in 2006 to reauthorize Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under the pre-existing coverage formula of Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act exceeded its authority under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and thus violated the Tenth Amendment and Article IV of the United States Constitution.

United States v. Windsor 12-307 CA2 Mar 27, 2013

(1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws as applied to persons of the same sex who are legally married under the laws of their State; (2) whether the Executive Branch’s agreement with the court below that DOMA is unconstitutional deprives this Court of jurisdiction to decide this case; and (3) whether the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives has Article III standing in this case.

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS):

UPDATE: No rulings in affirmative action, marriage equality cases or voting rights today. We will post another SCOTUS thread on Thursday …

Today more rulings on the merit cases argued in the October 2012 term will be issued at 10am Eastern.

SCOTUS Blog has started their liveblog.  

The 19 remaining cases in PDF: Cases Remaining for October Term 2012.

The cases many of us are watching:

Fisher v. University of Texas 11-345 CA5 Oct 10, 2012

Whether this Court’s decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth

Amendment, including Grutter v. Bollinger, permit the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions. (Kagan, J., recused)

Hollingsworth v. Perry 12-144 CA9 Mar 26, 2013

(1) Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State

of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman; and (2) whether

petitioners have standing under Article III, §2 of the Constitution in this case.

Shelby County v. Holder 12-96 CADC Feb 27, 2013

Whether Congress’ decision in 2006 to reauthorize Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act under

the pre-existing coverage formula of Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act exceeded its

authority under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and thus violated the Tenth

Amendment and Article IV of the United States Constitution.

United States v. Windsor 12-307 CA2 Mar 27, 2013

(1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws as applied to persons of the same sex who are legally married under the laws of their State; (2) whether the Executive Branch’s agreement with the court below that DOMA is unconstitutional deprives this Court of jurisdiction to decide this case; and (3) whether the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives has Article III standing in this case.

Today is Day 2 of oral arguments in the Supreme Court related to marriage equality. Yesterday’s arguments were on California’s Prop 8 and today’s arguments cover the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

UPDATED:

Wednesday Transcript and Audio.

Tuesday Transcript and Audio.

Oh the irony!  

As the Supreme Court announced that it is going to place a second affirmative action case on its calendar, a review of Michigan’s Prop 2 affirmative action ban, which will join the case already before them (Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin), I thought I’d go back and review the right wing’s media presentation of all of this, and look at just who are the poster faces for the movement to eradicate programs in universities that help gain more access to higher education for those who are not privileged-blacks, latinos and native americans.  

Two white women and a black man are ostensibly leading the charge. I say ostensibly since the two women are named in legal cases and the third, the black man, claims to be a crusader for civil rights, but it only took a few moments to figure out that the same old right wing wrong-headed big money supporters of bigotry are forking over the green-backs to roll-back gains we’ve made since the 60’s.  

One of the great journalists of his era, and the man who revolutionized reporting about the Supreme Court, Anthony Lewis, died today from renal and heart failure.  Lewis was 85.

Lewis reported on the Supreme Court  for the New York Times first as correspondent and then later as a columnist.  He later headed the Times bureau in London and wrote extensively on foreign policy issues.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03…